edmiDefinePersistentAttrHashTable
EdmiError edmiDefinePersistentAttrHashTable(SdaiEntity entityId, SdaiAttr attrId, SdaiOptions options, SdaiInteger hashTableWidth, SdaiInteger attrStringLength);
To increase search speed in the database, it is possible to define persistent hash tables. A hash table is a persistent data structure in the database that speeds up the search for instances of one entity in one schema via the value of one attribute. The hash table is created when a data model of the specified schema is created and it is maintained during the entire lifetime of the model or until it is deleted. If there exist a data model based on the specified schema when the hash table is defined, this model do not get a hash table. In this case the model must be exported to a STEP file, deleted and recreated from the STEP file. Likewise is not an attribute hash table of data model removed if the attribute hash table definition is removed from the underlying schema of the data model. This function defines attribute hash table connected to the specified attribute in the specified schema. The search in hash tables is done explicitly by the following edmi functions: edmiRemoteGetHashedAttrInstance, edmiRemoteGetHashedAttrInstanceBN, edmiRemoteGetHashedAttrInstances, edmiRemoteGetHashedAttrInstancesBN, edmiGetHashedAttrInstance, edmiGetHashedAttrInstanceBN, edmiGetHashedAttrInstances and edmiGetHashedAttrInstancesBN
Arguments
Type | Name | Comment |
SdaiEntity | entityId | A numeric entityID that uniquely identifies the entity definition in the EDMdatabase. The entityID is returned by the sdaiGetEntity function. |
SdaiAttr | attrId | A numeric attributeID that uniquely identifies an attribute definition instance in the EDMdatabase. The attributeID is returned from the sdaiGetAttrDefinition and sdaiGetAttrDefinitionBN functions. |
SdaiOptions | options | The <options> value should be specified as a bitwise OR between the options to enable. All options name are defined in the header file sdai.h . See detailed descriptions of the available options below. |
SdaiInteger | hashTableWidth | Number of hash table entries. Future extension: in bytes. |
SdaiInteger | attrStringLength | Optional. String length for FIXED_STRING_LENGTH. |
Return Value
Options
Option | Comment |
DELETE_ATTRIBUTE_HASH_TABLE | The existing hash table of the specified attribute is deleted. No new hash table is defined. |
REDEFINE_ATTRIBUTE_HASH_TABLE | The existing hash table of the specified attribute is deleted and a new hash table is defined. |
SUBTYPES | Specifies that in addition to all instances of the type specified by the <entityId> argument, all subtype instances of the specified type should be queried as well. |
FIXED_STRING_LENGTH | The argument <Attribute (fixed) string length> is taken as the fixed string length of the attribute. |
UNIQUE_ATTRIBUTE_VALUES | EDM checks that the attribute is unique when a new instance is stored or an attribute is modified. |
Example
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